Dale senses he should be happy now that it’s sunny and springtime out, but he can’t quite shake the creeping sadness that comes with grief. Good thing he’s sitting down this week with someone who knows all about dark days and the difficulty of losing one’s parents. Rebecca Soffer, writer, speaker, and co-founder of the online resource, Modern Loss, joins Dale for a conversation about her work in bringing people together and building community around loss. Rebecca and Dale have plenty in common including some dear friends, a specific relationship to the Philadelphia suburbs, and being only children. It also becomes clear that growing up in a certain kind of light can have an effect on how one perceives the world, even shaping a vision of life’s end. Rebecca’s new book The Modern Loss Handbook: An Interactive Guide to Moving Through Grief and Building Your Resilience is available everywhere May 17th – but you can preorder it now. Dale also talks up his sponsor, Athletic Greens and possibly over relates to a certain familiar, foul stretch of water.

For the entire offering from Modern Loss, visit the website. It’s full of resources, stories, and things that could help if you’re going through it. Photo of Rebecca in original post by Emma K. Rothenberg-Ware.

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